Senior Associate, Barings
European Private Finance
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International investment management firm
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International investment management firm
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver the best investment experience for our clients through exceptional service and performance.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of corporate finance transaction experience in M&A, debt financing, leveraged finance or private debt
- Undergraduate degree (preferably with a focus on Finance, Economics or related financial discipline) with a record of academic achievement
- Experience underwriting, structuring and executing relevant transactions for financial sponsors and/or corporate clients
- Solid technical skills and capable of assessing deal opportunities and participating in the transaction execution process
- Rigorous, fast and reliable in execution with keen attention to detail
- An investor mindset: open, mobile and mature in risk management
- Passionate about investment – strong development potential and ambition
- Good interpersonal skills a team player mindset
- Multicultural, adaptable and a resilient and autonomous mind
What the job involves
- Reports to: Director / Managing Director, Global Private Finance
- With the current commitment to the UK and to strengthen the existing investment team in London, Barings is seeking to recruit an Associate / Senior Associate to assist in deploying capital into mid-market direct lending deals across a variety of industries
- Analysing new investment opportunities and typically evaluate companies, the markets in which they operate, and the risks related to arranging and investing in private debt securities
- Assisting in preparation of credit papers and supporting the deal team’s presentation of a transaction to Investment Committee
- Financial modelling of transactions including conducting appropriate sensitivity analysis
- Manage and conduct performance analysis with monitoring responsibilities over certain portfolio companies in coordination with other team members
- Participate in interactions with management teams, private equity sponsors, origination sources and other investment professionals
- Support broader deal team around managing flow info with advisors/intermediaries and supporting certain elements of bid letters, term sheets and definite documents
Salary benchmarks
Our take
With a history dating back more than 260 years, Investment Management Group Barings was originally Britain’s oldest merchant bank and set up an asset management division in the 1950s. By the mid-90s, its original banking division collapsed due to scandals concerning its executives and its investment management department took center stage. Through a series of acquisitions, Baring Asset Management became Barings in 2016, alongside the now-merged Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, Wood Creek, and Babson Capital Management.
With a portfolio worth more than $347 billion, Barings has come full circle over its two-and-a-half-century life. During the 2010s, its acquisitions and growth saw it evolve into a global leader, with subsidiaries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Focusing on private and public equity, real estate, private credit, capital, and insurance solutions, Barings has run with the fast-moving shifts in the investment sector to fund electric vehicle projects, fintech platforms, and digital companies to great success.
In 2023, Barings swooped in to save bankrupt real estate deals in Arizona and secured leading bank tenants Santander and HSBC at its state-of-the-art office development in Manchester, UK. In 2024 it led a funding round of Morgan Stanley's World 50, exemplifying its influence on the world's top investment banks. With many arms to its company, Barings can weather setbacks as a whole, whether that be the collapse of Barings-backed internet provider GigaMonster or restructuring the ailing cinema chain Vue.
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Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Third Ward, Charlotte, NC
Leadership
Mike Freno
(CEO)Previously the Head of Global Markets at Barings, Research Analyst at M&M Partners LLC, and Manager at PwC.
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